Robotics Revascularisation Training

The Robotics Revascularisation Training Course will run from 24 – 25 November in Leuven, Belgium. This two day course offers live stream surgeries, simulators for robotic controls and cadaver training & interactive lectures.

24 – 25 Nov 2025
Leuven, Belgium
In Person

Event Information

Date/Duration

24 – 25 November 2025 (2 day course)
Course Directors

W Oosterlinck, Leuven
Location

KU Leuven
Education & Research Building 2 (ON2)
STEPS Skills Centre
ON2 Herestraat 49
3000 Leuven
Belgium

Please see HERE for more info.
Course Format

In-person meeting, live stream surgeries, simulators for robotic controls and cadaver training & interactive lectures.
Course Fee

Members: €765 inclusive of VAT
Non-Members: €865 inclusive of VAT

Fees include lunch, refreshments and a group dinner on Monday 24 November.

Kindly note due to the nature of this course, registration is limited to 25 delegates.
Target Audience

Skills Level 2 – Residents in final years of training and surgeons at the beginning of independent practice.

EACTS Academy terms and conditions.

course registration

Industry support

Course Overview

This course offers a full day of Robotic MIDCAB exposure and a day of presentations and hands-on sessions in a simulation environment. This will be the best preparation for one-on-one training and proctoring to start up a programme at your own centre.

Learning Objectives

On completion of this course you will understand the flow, inclusion and contraindications for MIDCAB
Be informed of the international collaborations and developments both in Europe and the USA
Have access to multiple hands-on sessions to train working with a surgical robot and performing a beating heart anastomoses in a safe but real life environment
Meet experts in the field and create contacts to start planning your own programme

Programme and faculty subject to change.

08:00	Welcome & case discussion W Oosterlinck, Leuven
	Session 1 – Live surgical case: Part 1
08:45	Installation and anesthesia, mammary harvesting with robot, stabilisation in OPCAB and anastomosis performance S Jacobs, Leuven
11:30	Questions & Answers
12:00	Lunch
13:00	Presentation: What about BIMA?
13:15	Case discussion
	Session 2 – Live surgical case: Part 2
13:30	Preparation of second patient
14:15	Taking down the IMA, tips and tricks in difficult patients, stabilisation & anastomoses. What about a jump DX or Circumflex approach S Jacobs, Leuven
16:00	Break
16:30	Questions & Answers
17:30	Close

	Session 3 – Presentations running parallel to the hands-on sessions
09:00	Proctoring experience in Europe: How and why should we simulate and what are the next steps for revascularisation procedures S Cerny, Zbuzany
10:30	Break
11:00	What will the future bring: Experience of Johannes Bonatti in MIDCAB and TECAB and what is needed to get TECAB in Europe J Bonatti, Pittsburgh
	Hands-on: Running parallel to the presentations
	> SimNow simulators for robotic controls > Cadaver training for thoracotomy approach and stabilisation > Beating heart simulator and anastomosis card simulator > Beating heart in chest model for optimal MIDCAB experience W Oosterlinck. Leuven
12:30	Lunch
	Session 4 – Presentations running parallel to the hands-on sessions
13:30	What will the future bring: Experience of Johannes Bonatti in MIDCAB and TECAB and what is needed to get TECAB in Europe J Bonatti, Pittsburgh
15:00	Break
15:30	Proctoring experience in Europe: How and why should we simulate and what are the next steps for revascularisation procedures S Cerny, Zbuzany
	Hands-on: Running parallel to the presentations
	> SimNow simulators for robotic controls > Cadaver training for thoracotomy approach and stabilisation W Oosterlinck, Leuven
15:00	Break
15:30	> Beating heart simulator and anastomosis card simulator > Beating heart in chest model for optimal MIDCAB experience
17:00	Close